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hossbarrios

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Hello Taylor fans!
« on: February 21, 2016, 06:58:37 PM »
Hi everyone!  My name is Hoss.  I'm 45 and just started taking guitar lessons back in June of 2015.  Boy I wish I started when I was younger.  My wife convinced me to invest in a higher end guitar so I can stay motivated to keep learning.  I tried teaching myself a few years back with one of the infomercial "Esteban" guitars.  I quickly lost interested after a a couple weeks. 
   I got the urge to take actual lessons so I did some research and settled on Taylor.  We didn't go too expensive so I bought a 2015 214ce dlx SB.  Boy was I hooked!  I am taking lessons from a local teacher here in town and am having so much fun.  I played saxophone when I was in school so I have some musical experience reading music, etc.  I now own three guitars.  I bought a Baby Taylor to practice on my business trips and just purchased a 254ce dlx- the new 2 series 12-string.  I'm at the airport typing this out and I'll be home in a few hours to play it for the first time.  I took a chance buying it online but I couldn't pass up the deal on Amazon for $xx plus free shipping.
   I'll let you all know how it plays in a few days since it's so brand new.





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Hoss
2015 214ce dlx SB
2016 254ce dlx
2015 Baby Taylor

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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2016, 07:53:38 PM »
Welcome, Hoss!  Cool user name.  And it is never too late to start learning since you are still on the right side of the turf.

Enjoy the journey.  As for getting a good guitar, you did just fine.  Lots of love for the 200's here, especially the 214 DLX's.  You'll eventually forget the purchase cost, but you will always enjoy and be inspired by a better instrument every single time that you play it.  I once heard, "buy nice or buy twice".  And congrats on finding a teacher too - it is way harder to unlearn bad habits than to establish good ones in the first place.
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Taylors:  424-LTD (all koa) and a 114ce that lives with friends in Alaska.  Low maintenance carbon fiber guitars are my "thing" these days, but I will always keep the koa 424.  Several ukulele and bass guitars too. 
*Gone but not forgotten:  a 2001 414ce, 410, 354-LTD twelve string, 314-N, 416-LTD baritone, T5 Classic, 615ce, 2006 GS-K, 1996 (first year) Baby

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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2016, 08:48:09 PM »
 Hi Hoss. Welcome to the UTGF. Congrats on your new and future Taylors. Keep on jammin' and keep it fun. :)
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TaylorGirl

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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2016, 05:23:22 AM »
Welcome Hoss! The 200 series guitars are great choices.....wish I had something like that to start learning with. Nice thing is, they are lifelong guitars. Your wife is a very wise woman! BTW, I was also a saxophone player throughout school.
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Susie
Taylors: 914 ● K24ce ● 414 ● GSMeK+ ● BT-K
Ponos: ABD-6C Master Series (Cedar/Acacia) ● MGBD-6 Deluxe (Mango)
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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2016, 07:14:05 AM »
Welcome Hoss-

Enjoy your new Taylor and your time with us on the forum.
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My Taylor Grand Auditoriums:

1997 Cujo14 - old growth cedar/black walnut
2014 K24e - master grade koa
2018 Custom GA - bear claw sitka spruce/mahogany
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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2016, 12:48:24 PM »
Welcome to the forum Hoss, and a great Taylor you chose.  Yet another sax player here - mostly for fun (and annoying the neighbours) nowadays, but i used to play in a marching band when I was in the Navy...
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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2016, 02:07:33 PM »
Quote from: George on February 22, 2016, 12:48:24 PM
Yet another sax player here - mostly for fun (and annoying the neighbours) nowadays, but i used to play in a marching band when I was in the Navy...

Well, it looks like we have the sax section covered.  ;)
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Susie
Taylors: 914 ● K24ce ● 414 ● GSMeK+ ● BT-K
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Have been finger-pickin' guitar since 1973!

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Re: Hello Taylor fans!
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2016, 02:37:02 PM »
Quote from: TaylorGirl on February 22, 2016, 02:07:33 PM
Well, it looks like we have the sax section covered.  ;)

I watched The Blues Brothers (again) a few nights ago.  Are we "putting the band back together"?
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